Coaches of Russian athletes Victoria Dudakova And Sharabutdin Magomedova (Bullet Balls) told that they have not received notifications regarding the flag ban at the UFC 294 tournament in Abu Dhabi.
Earlier, another tournament participant in the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed Mokaev, representing Great Britain, wrote on social media: “No flags at UFC 294.” The suggestion of a new ban on the flag has been put forward by some fans on social media, linking it to the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We also cannot exclude that Mokaev thus announced his personal decision to go out without a flag. On October 8, UFC President Dana White announced that promoted fighters were once again allowed to compete in fights with their country’s flags. The UFC flag ban has been in effect since last spring.
– We haven’t heard about it. We have a problem: we can’t find the Russian flag anywhere. We came here when flags were banned. Now they are allowed, and if someone hands us the Russian flag, we are ready to go out with him, ”said Gor Azizyan, coach of Shara Bullet.
Hasanali Gasanaliev, coach of Victoria Dudakova, spoke about the same problem. Earlier, the athlete left a message on social networks asking fans to give him the Russian flag.
— Yes, until this problem is resolved, we will not find the flag anywhere in the UAE. If you have it or know where it is, please tell me. We have already asked everyone we know, we have asked lawyers and other people, but no one has done it,” Gasanaliev told .
Watch the live broadcast of the UFC 294 tournament on October 21 from 4:55 p.m. (Moscow time) on the Match! Fighter” and the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru, the TV channel “” – from 9:00 p.m.
Source : MatchTV
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